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A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, Choice
Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the
struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making,
the book spans continents and centuries. This collection magnifies
the voices of people reclaiming the sole authorship of their
abortion experiences. These essays, poems, and prose are a
testament to the profound political power of defying shame.
Contributors include Ai, Amy Tan, Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, Bobbie
Louise Hawkins. Camonghne Felix, Carol Muske-Dukes, Diane di Prima,
Dorothy Parker, Gloria Naylor, Gloria Steinem, Gwendolyn Brooks,
Jean Rhys, Joyce Carol Oates, Judith Arcana, Kathy Acker, Langston
Hughes, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lindy West, Lucille Clifton, Mahogany
L. Browne, Margaret Atwood, Molly Peacock, Ntozake Shange, Ruth
Prawer Jhabvala, Sharon Doubiago, Sharon Olds, Shirley Geok-lin
Lim, Sholeh Wolpe, Ursula Le Guin, and Vi Khi Nao.
The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has generated a
critical urgency for this landmark literary anthology of poems,
stories, and essays. Choice Words collects essential voices that
renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights.
Twenty years in the making, the book spans continents and
centuries. This collection magnifies the voices of people
reclaiming the sole authorship of their abortion experiences. These
essays, poems, and prose are a testament to the profound political
power of defying shame. Contributors include Ai, Amy Tan, Anne
Sexton, Audre Lorde, Bobbie Louise Hawkins. Camonghne Felix, Carol
Muske-Dukes, Diane di Prima, Dorothy Parker, Gloria Naylor, Gloria
Steinem, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jean Rhys, Joyce Carol Oates, Judith
Arcana, Kathy Acker, Langston Hughes, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lindy
West, Lucille Clifton, Mahogany L. Browne, Margaret Atwood, Molly
Peacock, Ntozake Shange, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Sharon Doubiago,
Sharon Olds, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Sholeh Wolpe, Ursula Le Guin,
and Vi Khi Nao.
*CATCH THE TV ADAPTATION OF SHRILL ON BBC3 NOW* 'Women are told,
from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small
in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're
supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. I want to
obliterate that expectation...' Guardian columnist Lindy West
wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy,
overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible.
Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her
voice - and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused
to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest,
shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living
standing up for what's right instead of what's cool. In Shrill,
Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people's jokes,
to telling her own brand of jokes - ones that carry with them with
a serious message and aren't at someone else's expense. She reveals
the obstacles and stereotyping she's had to overcome to make
herself heard, in a society that doesn't think women (especially
fat women and feminists) are or can be funny. She also tackles some
of the most burning issues of popular culture today, taking a frank
and provocative look at racism, oppression, fat-shaming,
twitter-trolling and even rape culture, unpicking the bullshit and
calling out unpalatable truths with conviction, intelligence and a
large dose of her trademark black humour. 'Lindy West is an
essential (and hilarious) voice for women. Her talent and bravery
have made the Internet a place I actually want to be.' Lena Dunham
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